After leaving government, Lincoln is settling into his life as a successful lawyer with a young family. Earlier setbacks have left him feeling like he’s done with politics, but politics are not done with him. When new domestic policy jeopardizes the momentum of abolition, Lincoln decides he can no longer sit on the sidelines. His fight against slavery takes him to the national stage and then to Washington, as the newly elected president of a fractured country.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

Making Lincoln: The Boy From Indiana

Emmy-winning actor and Broadway legend André de Shields narrates Making..., an original podcast from The HISTORY® Channel. Each season takes listeners inside the lives of history’s greatest figures and examines the events that forged these legends.Making Teddy takes you inside the life of a man who went from the big city to life on the frontier, from leading a cavalry unit in the Spanish-American War to leading the entire country from the White House. Each episode will bring together leading historians, authors and journalists to paint in vivid detail the forces that shaped Theodore Roosevelt into the pioneer he would become. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.